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Re: A Simple Elevator

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Originally Posted by Adam.garcia View Post
How about the connection between the complete elevator assembly and the drive train. As seen in 254's 2011 design, the elevator system was nicely supported with gussets that served as their minibot deployment system. But, looking at 973's Emporer Swerve, they have very small plates keeping the elevator upright.

Do you have any advice on how much support is necessary on this connection?
You can see we actually had quite substantial support in the form of turnbuckles.

This must not be in the .step we posted?

It's hard to quantity exactly what framing needs to be there, which is the same for most FRC frames. A decent, solid triangle is usually never a bad choice though.